Show #8898 - Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Ben Goldstein game 4.

Contestants

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Lee Papa, a professor from Bloomfield, New Jersey

Nabeela Rahman, a co-operative education coordinator from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Ben Goldstein, a content marketing strategist from Dexter, Michigan (whose 3-day cash winnings total $21,293)

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Jeopardy! Round

COLLECT 'EM ALL!
-OLOGIES
MISHEARD LYRICS
OFFICIAL NICKNAMES
NEVADA
THE "SILVER" STATE
    $200 14
In a significant markup, an 1856 British Guiana one-cent magenta this went for $8.3 million in 2021
    $200 6
Physical & cultural are branches of this "study of humans"
    $200 5
Her No. 1 hit "Like A Virgin" takes a very different turn when she's "touched for the 31st time"
    $200 22
Think of Roman numerals & you'll know the U.S. Army's Fourth Infantry Division has this plant as its official nickname
    $200 26
On March 19, 1931 state legislators legalized gambling & shortened the residency time required for one of these
    $200 17
A consoling aspect; "every cloud" is said to have one
    $400 9
Seen as folk art, these items are prized by collectors
    $400 7
Odontology deals with the structure & development of these
    $400 4
"A year has passed since I wrote my note" in "Message In A Bottle" by this band, not "a year has passed since I broke my nose"
    $400 18
This nickname for McDonald's has official status in China, where it's a legal name for the chain--Jingongmen in Mandarin
    $400 27
This construction on the Colorado River in the 1930s greatly aided the region's growth by providing cheap electrical power
    $400 8
U.S. Army medic Monica Lin Brown was awarded one of these in 2008 for heroism under fire during the war in Afghanistan
    $600 10
In 2011 CNET said, "UK man exterminates record for most" these "Doctor Who" villains--571; the man's wife, noted as "long-suffering"
    $600 23
They're the largest of the creatures that are studied in cetology
    $600 3
In "We Will Rock You", this group did not sing, "You got mud on your face, you big disgrace, kicking your cat all over the place"
    $600 19
Powerhouse Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch trademarked this as his nickname
    $600 28
Elvis got married in this casino; Vegas is "A Whole New World" since it was imploded in 1998
    $600 12
A cosmic hero of the comics, this name can also refer to a senior citizen who regularly uses the Internet
    $800 11
Danny Fleming amassed 100-plus of these British isles musical instruments & reportedly, "understanding neighbours"
    $800 24
Bacteria & protozoa are of special interest in this field, literally the scientific study of small living things
    $800 1
"The answer, my friend, is" this title--Dylan did not sing "The ants are my friends"
    DD: $1,000 20
For 2020, the centennial year of American women getting to vote, Philadelphia got this altered nickname
    $800 29
In the 1840s John Fremont & his men explored Nevada & marveled at the beautiful sight of this lake on the California border
    $800 15
This term for an older, dominant male gorilla comes from its gray or whitish hair
    $1000 13
To get Tom Hanks, a noted collector of these, on a podcast, Chris Hardwick offered a 1934 Smith Corona one; success!
    $1000 25
The history of words & the study of them, its own goes back to Greek for "true meanings"
    $1000 2
This Canadian "got my first real six-string" in the "summer of '69", not his "first real sex dream"
    $1000 21
Longtime president Nazarbayev decided this vast Central Asian country would be the "Land of the Great Steppe"
    $1000 30
Native groups living in Nevada before the arrival of settlers include this one who lend their name to a vast desert of the Southwest
    $1000 16
This compound, AgNO3, is used in making photographic film & medically as an antiseptic

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Ben Nabeela Lee
$3,800 $1,800 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Nabeela Lee
$7,400 $3,400 $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE PLOT THICKENS
ALLITERATION
HISTORY IS ELEMENTAL
CELEBS
DISCOVERY & INVENTION
SHOE GAZING
    $400 5
Iago's own plot, as well as the story's, thickens when he gets Cassio drunk
    $400 10
This system invented in the 1870s to classify library books is now in its 23rd updated edition
    $400 18
The Tin Lizzie was a nickname for this revolutionary car made from 1908 to 1927
    $400 11
In 2020, he made the New York Times list of the 25 greatest actors of the 21st century
    $400 16
In the 1950s Grace Hopper & her team created FLOW-MATIC, the first one of these to follow English commands
    $400 26
The Stan Smith collection of tennis shoes is from this company founded in Bavaria
    $800 2
George Shelby arrives too late to save the life of the title character & resolves to dedicate his life to abolition
    $800 6
It's the much-debated theory that scientific research led to the COVID-19 outbreak
    $800 19
In 1962 John Glenn commanded Friendship 7 in a historic flight that was part of this program
    $800 12
Ask him about it over coffee--this comic's car collection includes a lot of Porsches, though he auctioned off a bunch in 2016
    $800 17
Luc Montagnier & Robert Gallo share credit for the 1980s discovery of the retrovirus later known by this abbreviation
    $800 27
On March 10, 2023, the Nintendo New York flagship store displayed a real-life version of the shoes worn by this character
    $1200 1
An American fighting in the International Brigade enlists a band of guerrillas in a plot to blow up a bridge near Segovia
    DD: $1,400 7
In 2022 getting a chance to see Taylor Swift in concert was the definition of this challenging phrase
    $1200 20
Gold Beach was the middle of the 5 landing spots during this June 6, 1944 event
    $1200 13
In her 2023 memoir Paris Hilton talks about her struggles with this 4-letter behavioral syndrome
    $1200 23
In the 1840s dentist Horace Wells discovered that this gas could be used as an anesthetic for painless tooth extractions
    $1200 28
A 1989 ad from this Nike rival advised, "If you get too pumped up, let some air out with the release valve on the back"
    DD: $1,000 3
A group of Trojan refugees reach Latium at the mouth of the Tiber River
    $1600 8
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the movie "Full Metal Jacket" gave the world this expression for "something wrong with you"
    $1600 21
Sebastian Cabot gave this body of water between Uruguay & Argentina its silvery name in the early 16th century
    $1600 14
In 2022 this legendary redhead ended his Olympic snowboarding career with a 4th place finish in men's halfpipe
    $1600 24
Written in Hebrew, the first of these was discovered east of Jerusalem by a shepherd boy in 1947; more would turn up in Masada
    $1600 29
In a song off "Illmatic", Nas raps about wearing this brand's suede boot associated with New York hip-hop
    $2000 4
An Irish orphan living among the locals in India is trained to be a spy for the British Secret Service
    $2000 9
Bill McCoy was one of these bringers of illegal hooch; his quality control is said to have made him the original "Real McCoy"
    $2000 22
Otto von Bismarck's manner of rule led to him getting this nickname that includes an element & a title
    $2000 15
The documentary "Riding Giants" featured this surfer who's married to volleyball star Gabrielle Reece
    $2000 25
Hiram Bingham was searching for Vilcabamba in 1911 when a local, Melchor Arteaga, led him to this "lost city"
    $2000 30
This Spanish shoe designer famous for his stilettos made shoes for Sofia Coppola's film "Marie Antoinette"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben Nabeela Lee
$15,200 $6,200 $4,600
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

WORLD OF WATER
The Bass Strait divides Tasmania & mainland Australia & hydrographers have disputed which of these 2 larger bodies it's part of

Final scores:

Ben Nabeela Lee
$16,000 $12,200 $3,199
4-day champion: $37,293 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ben Nabeela Lee
$16,400 $6,200 $5,600
21 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R,
7 W		 8 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $28,200

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Game tape date: 2023-04-13
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